Iraq update November 7, 2007

From IraqPundit via The Thunder Run - When Good News Is Bad News

• While the following good news stories may come as a great disappointment to many people, we Iraqis welcome the developments:

A short one from Michael Yon - Thanks and Praise * UPDATE * If you remember the link I posted before about the photo of the Iraq war that Yon has, this new one contains another Iconic photo that might be just as powerful.

• Thanks and Praise: I photographed men and women, both Christians and Muslims, placing a cross atop the St. John’s Church in Baghdad. They had taken the cross from storage and a man washed it before carrying it up to the dome.

From Reuters via The Victory Caucus - Drop in Baghdad violence sustainable: general

• BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A reduction in violence in Baghdad over the past few months represents a sustainable trend that will allow fewer U.S. troops to protect the Iraqi capital, a top American general said on Wednesday.